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Nero veneziano

  • 1978
  • 1h 35m
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5.7/10
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Nero veneziano (1978)
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A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously become... Read allA blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.A blind boy, who lives alone with his mean sister in a rundown hotel in Venice, receives a vision that warns him of the upcoming birth of the Antichrist. Soon, his sister mysteriously becomes pregnant.

  • Director
    • Ugo Liberatore
  • Writers
    • Ottavio Alessi
    • Roberto Gandus
    • Ugo Liberatore
  • Stars
    • Renato Cestiè
    • Rena Niehaus
    • Yorgo Voyagis
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
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    • Director
      • Ugo Liberatore
    • Writers
      • Ottavio Alessi
      • Roberto Gandus
      • Ugo Liberatore
    • Stars
      • Renato Cestiè
      • Rena Niehaus
      • Yorgo Voyagis
    • 13User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Renato Cestiè
    • Mark
    Rena Niehaus
    Rena Niehaus
    • Christine
    Yorgo Voyagis
    Yorgo Voyagis
    • Dan
    Fabio Gamma
    • Giorgio
    José Quaglio
    José Quaglio
    • Father Stefani
    Ely Galleani
    Ely Galleani
    • Christine's Friend
    Angela Covello
    Angela Covello
    • Christine's Friend
    Lorraine De Selle
    • Christine's Friend
    Florence Barnes
    • Christine's Friend
    Olga Karlatos
    • Madeleine Winters…
    Bettine Milne
    • Grandmother
    Tom Felleghy
    • Martin Winters
    Linda Larsen
    Jacqueline Kluger
    Francesca Bosco
    Tiziana Cipelletti
    Gloria Bozzola
    • Vicky
    Renzo Martini
    • Director
      • Ugo Liberatore
    • Writers
      • Ottavio Alessi
      • Roberto Gandus
      • Ugo Liberatore
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    Classic giallo
    Ugo Liberatore's Italian giallo thriller NERO VENEZIANO (aka: Damned in Venice, 1977) is a very satisfying "Italian Omen" with great and young cast who can act, too. A young blind boy Mark sees some horrible visions involving some satanic goings on, characters and other menacing things that concern him very much. His sister doesn't believe him at all but soon she'll learn they are much more than just nightmares. Naturally the film takes place in Venice and also has some nice and moody photography and settings.

    The visions Mark gets are shot in bright color with more effects added in the soundtrack and they work effectively and become as sudden as the terrors themselves. The nightmare images are really gross in the tradition of the dark Shaw Brothers horror films in Hong Kong in the 70's and 80's. They include worms and other nasty creatures coming from places you wouldn't dare to expect, and the less the viewer knows before seeing the gross they feel once they come.

    Also a remarkable effect lies in the story about the Satan's son and him being born on Earth from a human mother. The devil baby gets born and also goes through one of the most brutal "attempted murders" committed to a child I've seen in silver screen, but unfortunately the Devil (and the son) isn't too vulnerable once they get born.

    The film has some nudity and gore as it was the style in the 70's and it also produced some very extreme efforts, like Lucio Fulci's LO SQUARTATORE DI NEW YORK (1982), which tried to be all the more extreme and graphic than the previous ones, but fortunately that didn't affect the talent and ambition of the noteworthy filmmakers and directors.

    The music is by Pino Donaggio who has composed many films like CARRIE (1977) and PIRANHA (1978). NERO VENEZIANO is very great (and sadly pretty obscure) Italian giallo (which means a murder mystery, Italian style!) from the years they were made at high speed. Some of them are bad, some mediocre and some masterpieces and VENEZIANO easily manages near the latter category. 7/10
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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1978 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Damned in Venice
    • Filming locations
      • Venice, Veneto, Italy
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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